SportsTicketLive, a Winner-based company, will provide web-based broadcasts of Flandreau Flier events this school year.
The Flandreau School Board voted to buy $6,000 in equipment and use this provider after a former broadcast system changed. Under the Liveticket.tv plan, the company will sell advertising to cover the cost of the website and administration of the program. Schools can get 50 percent of the profits back to cover their costs. Advertising rates are based on the size of the school district.
There is no annual fee to the district to join, but the district will operate the equipment at games and provide an announcer, if it wants one.

Flandreau’s first broadcast is planned for an Aug. 23 volleyball game if training on how to use the program and equipment can be completed, said Superintendent Rick Weber. The first home football game is Sept. 7.
Events can be accessed through Liveticket.tv with school names down the left side of the screen or through the Flandreau school website at Flandreau.k12.sd.us with a click on “activities” and then “broadcasts.”
Weber said he is familiar with the online broadcasting service because he has helped use it in Colome, where his son coaches. The former Cube network switched May 1 to the NFHS Network, which is more expensive than the Winner company’s program.
Liveticket.tv can be seen anywhere in the world by anyone with a computer, tablet or mobile device. The company uses YouTube as its platform, and it is embedded directly into the website.